A great statement on the "new learning" we are experiencing. here's a sample....

# Learning is conversation.# Learning consists of human beings, not demographic sectors.# The Internet is enabling conversations among human beings that were simply not possible in the era of mass media.# Hyperlinks subvert hierarchy.# In networked learning, people are speaking to each other in a powerful new way.# These networked conversations are enabling powerful new forms of social organization and knowledge exchange to emerge.# As a result, learners are getting smarter, more informed, more organized. Participation in networked learning changes people fundamentally.# People in networked learning have figured out that they get far better information and support from one another than from traditional media.# There are no secrets. The networked learners know more than schools do about their own learning. And whether the news is good or bad, they tell everyone.# Schools struggle to speak the same voice as this new networked conversation. To their intended audiences, schools sound hollow, flat, literally inhuman.

Thursday, November 20, 2008

Monday, August 27, 2007

I saw the "Bibliochaise" in a "treehugger" article here and thought it would be the perfect addition to my classroom. I knew I could not afford to buy the very nice Italian original, so I figured I could make it. There were no plans to speak of on line yet, so I got the measurements off the original site here, and planned it out. Many trips to the Home Depot and here's what I came up with. Please take into consideration, I am not a carpenter, I've never built something like this, so please excuse the unfinished look of the chair. It is meant for the classroom not the home.